objectives: the prevalence of consanguineous marriage is about 30 % in iran and this can increase the probability of incidence of genetic impairments such as hearing impairments. hearing impairment in comparison with other hereditary disorders is the most incident. the purpose of this survey is to identify the prevalence of consanguinity among the parents of sensoryneural hearing impaired stude...

It is unclear how cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS) is influenced by physical disability, fatigue, and depression. Our aim was to identify the strongest clinical predictors for cognitive impairment in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients. The clinical risk factors included in the analysis were physical disability (EDSS), fatigue (FSS), the somatic and nonsomatic components of de...

PURPOSE To assess whether the key informant method (KIM) is an effective method to identify children with disabling sensory or physical impairments, or epilepsy (tonic-clonic seizures), in a low-income setting. METHODS In one subdistrict each, the Key Informants (KIs) were trained to recognize children with visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical impairment and epilepsy, respectively....

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between neuromuscular impairment and physical functional status in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. METHODS Cross sectional analysis of 217 consecutive patients with lumbar spinal stenosis referred to 3 teaching hospitals. Physical functional status was measured with the physical dimension of the Sickness Impact Profile (P-SIP). Physical and radiolo...

OBJECTIVE To explore the role of working conditions in the association between socioeconomic position and health after retirement age using over 20 years follow-up. METHOD Two Swedish nationally representative Level of Living Surveys (total N = 1,131) were used. Ordered logistic regression was used to assess the association between socioeconomic position and health (self-rated health, psychol...